Core viewing

Geobank is open for core viewing and drawing of study samples. Core viewing must be booked well in advance.

Prices for acccess to Geobank core viewing

08:00-16:00 NOK 3200 per day per room

16:00 -22:00 NOK 600 per hour

Weekend: NOK 800 per hour

Core viewings can also be arranged outside business hours, subject to reasonable advance agreement and staff availability.

When checking out new cores outside working hours, two Norwegian Petroleum Directorate employees must be present, and the hourly rate will therefore be doubled.

All users of viewing rooms and the Geobank outside business hours must be registered in the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate’s visitor system, and they must all report to the responsible Norwegian Petroleum Directorate employee upon arrival and when leaving.

Application form for sampling geological material from exploration and development wells

Geological samples consist of the following types:

Cuttings

Conventional cores (no sidewall cores)

Oil from discoveries and fields

Final reports for studies, results from analyses, thin sections, micropaleontological and palynological slides based on studies on the NPD’s geological samples must be submitted to the NPD within 6 months after sampling. This also applies to studies partially based on NPD samples.

Email requests for Norwegian geochemical gtandards (NGS)

Applications for samples from Norwegian geochemical standards (NGS) must contain: